Great to hear. Yes, I was surprised to not see any real reviews of this until now. It's certainly filling a void in the market.

Its certainly continuing to impress me since this video.

Many thanks Michael 🍺🍺🍺

Ive used it a fair bit since this video and it continues to impress me. I think you will be very happy with it too.

Thanks Adam, I am glad that you found this useful :)

Cheers CH 🍺🍺🍺

Many thanks Alan. Yes, I think the hopper size has been an easy thing to misjudge with this mill.

Great to hear. Yes, I see some instructions changes. I guess that this is based on overall feedback rather than just mine.

Cheers Ken. Yes, I really like this one so far. I am hopeful for the long term.

Thanks Nick, this certainly has a lot of convenience along side a quality crush.

Great, thanks Mark.

Great to hear Stephen. Yes, I am impressed also :)

Great to hear :) I am glad that you found the video useful.

Many thanks Dave. I hope this helps you decide. 🍺🍺🍺

Cheers Matt 🍻🍻🍻

Great, I am glad you found this useful

Great to hear John. Yes sure is easy! Great to have control too.

Thanks Davie, I am glad you found it useful :)

Tried the mill a couple of times now David, excellent and so easy to use and is extremely efficient

Great to hear Dave. I agree :)

Thank you, great to hear. Certainly it feels like it is built to take some knocks and drops. The quality is apparent once you handle it . There is certainly nothing fragile about it.

Great to hear John. I have been using just the GF mill ever since,still very impressed.

Thank you, yes this is very nice. Grainfather are back on a roll :)

This for sure mills very well and offers a lot of conveniences.

Agree

Glad you found this useful Leroy.

Ahh thats a pity. Still, I guess you will get a new one fast.

Possibly a defective power switch, it does happen.

Yes, sad but true.

I am glad that you found this video useful :)

Cheers Paul, yes exactly. 🍻🍻🍻

@@DavidHeathHomebrew This video convinced me to buy one, and it definitely has not disappointed :) Cheers!🍻🍻

Thanks Peter. Everything went through as per Grainfathers recommendations for mill gap except the wheat. Here is the list:- Pale, pilsner, wheat malt, various crystal malt from light to dark. Flaked oats, acid malt, a few different chocolate malts, Abbey malt, flaked maize and Munich malt. I think that's it so far.

Cheers Roland, I should imagine that you will find it in Sweden easily enough.

Skicka ett mail till Humlegårdens Ekolager. Dom säljer andra produkter från Grainfather och kan säkert ta hem en åt dig om dom inte planerar att lägga till den i sortimentet.

@@SonofTheMorningStar666 Handlar till 99% där, så det blir nog bra.

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A bigger hopper will probably be an optional accessory is my guess.

I suspect so a little later on

Many thanks Bradley :) Yes, I think this is going to do really well once people realise how well it works and the advantages it offers.

Cheers. That would be a question for Grainfather in your country 🍻

I am considering a comparison video for the future.

Thanks Anthony. Rye is not something I use much, so currently this is not one I have tried.

Thanks Brian. It certainly seems to be. I guess the crush speaks for itself.

To be honest, I was thinking about buying that 1200 dollar grain mill from Blichmann for some time now based on the fact of how powerful it is. I then put the idea on the back burner but kept it on very very low heat. Then this one comes along and I was comPLETELY turned off by it. Looked too small, the bowl was too small. It seemed like a quick cash grab from GF. After watching this video, I realized a couple of things... 1. I'm not a small company brewer, so the Blichmann would be kinda silly and would take up some precious real estate in my brew room just to be used sporadically. 2. The Grainfather graining mill is detachable and space friendly. I am in reality a minimalist and the ability to take this out, setup, use and dismantle and store again, is good. 3. Price. While I do live in the U.S.A. it is not released here yet, but I would imagine it ain't nowhere near the 1200 price of the Blichmann grain mill. So where I stand right now...In the middle of nowhere. While I do not think I will be purchasing the Blichmann model and the GF mill isn't available here yet...I am stuck using the old drill mill. *sigh*

@@GraveyardGrog I think it's a good option from what David experienced.

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Totally agree! His review definitely sold me on it. Ok, so we have to constantly keep pouring into that...little teeny tiny bowl....I am ok with that now!!

I should think that this will release in the US in the near future. It gives you time to consider :)

Haha, I guess that could be as simple as a 5L water bottle with the base cut off but I find it easy enough to top up at present. I think it's a fair enough price personally. It's cheaper than my current mill and has some conveniences for sure compared.

This sure makes things easy

Great information!! Thank you :)

Certainly well worth considering for a better crush and much convenience I would say.

Yes, this is the only mill I use now 🍻🍻🍻

Hi Mike, whilst grain conditioning can be useful for certain mills it is not a practise that I have needed personally. My mill of choice before the GF mill was the Monster Mill 3 pro. I have not tried conditioned malt with the GF mill as the instructions are clear that grain must be totally dry. Once again though I find myself not needing it.

The price is for the individual to decide. Naturally there is some good convenience baked into this.

I hope you enjoy it. Corn isn't recommend to use with many mills, my monster mill 3 pro included. A corn mill would be the way.

Hey, yes. My Monster mill 3 pro has not been used since I got this one. I highly recommend it.

I have to be honest and say that it's a style that I am still working on for a more pleasing result.

@@DavidHeathHomebrew The results are in from my experiment! I used 4.5kg Viking beech smoked malt (90%) and 100 grams of Weyermann Carafa Special 2 (2%) in both brews. However, in the first I also used 400 grams of Weyermann Caramunich III and in the second I replaced that with 400 grams of Viking Munich dark. Both were hopped with 15 grams of Perle 8% @60 and 35 grams of Perle @10 minutes. I used WLP838 South German Lager however I did use the very same yeast for both. The first one was the second pitch of the yeast and then I dumped the second brew on the yeast cake left by the previous brew (i.e. 3rd pitch of the same yeast). Before the smoked beers I did a pilsner with Hull Melon hops to build up the yeast cake. Anyway, the result is two-fold: first of all I have to say I like the one with Caramunich more. I do think there should be a bit of caramel in a smoked beer. I would say the 8% I used is about the max, maybe I should have used Caramunich I instead. Initially I thought the beer was a bit too sweet but it mellowed out a bit with some age and turned out really nice. The Munich Dark one is still good but not as nice as the Caramunich one. The second result is that I am not impressed by the Viking smoked malt. I have done several smoked beers before with Weyermann beech smoked malt and those had a lot more flavor, despite using less of it (~70%). I have used several Viking malts before (mostly because it's my local-ish maltster) and they are normally just as good as anyone else but it seems their smoked offerings are not as good as Weyermann so that is what I'll be using going forward. (I should add that I make 20L batches)

Many thanks for the information. Yes I believe it is key to balance styles with malts. Once you find a combination you like then you can start tweaking further. Something that you have little experience with always takes longer but I enjoy the process :)

Haha, you should find more fun forms of exercise James :p

Hi Peter, I suggest you go 6 or 7

@@DavidHeathHomebrew, thanks for bohemian malt only and which speed?

Speed 3 is good

That is a great pity, these are really good, I use mine often.

@@DavidHeathHomebrew I very much like Grainfather as a company and am a fan of their brewing ecosystem. I started out with a G30 and recently upgraded to a G40. But their distribution is hard to make sense of. For example, I can buy a G40 here in the U.S. It ships from California. But I cannot buy the G40 whirlpool arm...though customers everywhere else Grainfather equipment is sold can. While I don't really need another fermenter, I am considering buying the GF30 fermenter + GC2 glycol chiller. I could make good use of a glycol chiller and it makes sense to pair the GC2 with the GF30.

It's in the technical specs from GF that the rollers are “hardened stainless steel “. You can find this in the instructions on page 3. GF do advise against the crushing of wet grain though. help.grainfather.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020758657-Instructions-Electric-Grain-Mill

Yup, they are popular.

Price is totally for the individual to decide. I am glad you enjoyed the video :)

Ridiculous is a bit much. To me it feels like a fair price for a premium and convenient product. But I personally have other places to spend money to improve my beer before this.

Every one has their take on things. I am happy to advise on what is on offer but people need to decide on the value and worth.

The plastic casing was a good move in my opinion. Naturally everything inside is metal and this is protective and keeps the weight manageable. In the end it is those rollers and the drive mechanism that you are paying for. My MM3 Pro is much more expensive too.

When and if this product comes to Canada, it will be a desirous protect. The NZ price I saw is actually cheaper than what I expected. Your conclusion about convenience is exactly what I was thinking. I actually built a table for milling grain because it was hard to make sure the thing stayed on top of the bucket. This would make milling a non-issue.

This is certainly a nice convenient option for sure. I have to wonder why no body else did this already really